Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

Witnesses testified about the response efforts to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill forllowing a catastrophic explosion on the oil rig,…
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Witnesses testified about the response efforts to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill forllowing a catastrophic explosion on the oil rig, Deepwater Horizon. Heads of the Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spoke about short and long-term impacts of the spill. Following their remarks, members questioned executives about theire personal responsibility and that of their companies, BP and Transocean, in the incident. close

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*The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.